Egg carrier



June 30, 1925. 1,544,389

w. H. HALL EGG CARRIER Filed Jan. 5, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I D N I attoznu) Patented June 30, 1925.

WALTER H. HALL, or DENVER, comma,

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Application 'fllfiqanuary 5, 1924. Serial No. 884,837.

To all whom it may concern: v

' Be it known that I. WALTER H. HALL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at city and county of Denver and State of Colo rado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Carriers, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to an improvement in egg carriers.

The object is to provide a device of the character named which will afford safe carriage for the articles packed and shipped therein.

Another object is to provide a carrier of comparatively inexpensive character, light in weight, which can be nested for shipping into compact form, either when empty or folded, for shipping.

The invention consists primarily in a pair of pyramidal cells arranged to embrace'the article carried, such as an egg, at opposite ends, attaching the two half 'cells'yieldingly,

at more or less equidistant points rather than conforming precisely to the surface-0f the egg or aiticle packed.

In the accompanying drawings -Fig. 1 is a plan View of my egg-carrier;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is "an enlarged sectional view of the parts nested;

Fig. 4 is a side elevationof my egg-carrier showing the parts nested when filled with eggs;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detached perspective View of the cell and strip;

Fig. 6is a fragmentary plan view of the strip of material;

Fig. 7 is'a view of the cell is made;

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional View of a modified form of cell.

As the carrier is preferably made of two members which are counterparts of each other, it will be. necessary to describe one onl lr i the preferred form, this section is made of a strip 1 of tough material such as pulpboard, straw-board, chip-board, or the like,

the-blank from which 4 Sin rectangular form, and of sufficient: size and dimensions usually to accommodate'a dozen eggs, since eggs are frequently sold by the dozen, although ofcourse it is under- 'stood the matter of size, dimensions and material is a mere incident, and not a. limiting feature. Y

. In this strip 1 thereare as many square -slots' 2 as there are eggs or other articles to be carried, and the pyramidal cells 3 are secured in these slots. These slots might be 0 variously formed. They might be made of a -blank such as illustrated in Fig. 6, secured radially along the three lines 4 and brought together at the edges 5, and having the flanges 6 at the base glued or otherwise se-f 6.5 cured to the strip 1 at the edges of the slots,

or the cells might bepressed up as an in.-v tegral part of the strip as shown in Fig. 8.

It is repeated, the essential idea is the pyramidal shape, and these may come toa point or may be cut off-at the points, or the apexes may be flattened if desired; but with a the hollow pyramidal form the egg or other article is lightly. uniformly and yieldingly embraced at 8 different points on its surface, thus preventing undue pressure at any one point, and without any unnecessary rigidity which mighttend to break theishell. In other words, the cells in theirembrace present a uniform cushioning eflectupon the so article held, and, furthermore, all. the eggs."

. are held alike.

As illustrated in the drawings, the two sections embrace the eggs from [opposite ends, one forming the bottom andLthe other 8 the top, so to speak, of the ,carri:er;.;and the sections are held together at theiriedg'es -by clips or other approvedmeansfg."

Besides presenting a' scientific, means I of embracing and holding the eggs-"or other articles, the shape of the sections of the carrier have in View the ideaof'nestinginto compact space when empty as,' shown in Fig. 3, and when packedas s am in Fig. 4..

The entire" device islsimple, easily made, light, nestable. injsmall. compass, and is efiective as a means of packing and. transporting the articles for which it is intended.

2 1,544,389. Iclaimf 1 v blank securedand bent radially at three 1. An egg carrier including a slotted points with the edges brought together and 10 strip and a cell of tapering form adapted'to inserted through the slots, and having extend into and substantially fit a slot in the flanges secured .to the strip at the edges of 5 sl0tted strip and having means at the open the slots: e5 edge for fastening the cell to the strip. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

2. An egg-carr1er includin two slotted strips of half cells, each ma e of a single I WALTER H. HALL. 

